The burning ghat, Benares
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 480
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 223
Date made
1930
Place made
Warrane / Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in brown ink, from one plate
Matrix size
21.4 x 30.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
wove paper
Support size
28.6 x 43.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2; Published state
Impression
?/100
Edition information
edition of 100
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. no date. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Burning Ghat'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '100'.
Subject description
Cremation ceremony on the burning ghat [steps leading down to the water], Benares (Varanasi), India.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
42332
Accession number
76.1205
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1976/77 (1976-12-14)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from The Town Gallery, Brisbane, 1976.
Credit line
Purchased 1976
Copyright
Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
Subject categories
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
07 Jan 2013